Door-hanger.



110.845,474.' PATENTBD 5513.26, 1907.

P. A. MYERS.

DOOR HANGER. APLIOATION FILED AUG. 4, 1905.

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110,845,474. PATENTED PEB. 26, 1907.

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DOOR HANGER. APPLwATIoN FLILEDIAUG. 4, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

PHILIP A. MYERS,

OE ASHLAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOE To E. E. MYERS AND BROTHER, or ASHLAND, OHIO,

Av COPARTNERSHIP.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 4,1905. Serial No. 272,628.

No. 845,474. Patented Feb. 26, 1907'.

To all 'L1/71,0111, it Indy concern: I Be it known that I, PHILIP A. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ashland, in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

is a side elevation of a structure embodying my invention in one form. tional yiew taken on the line of 1i ig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows. l* ig. 3 is a plan riew with the upper portionof the l hanger or wheel-supporting frame removed. I* ig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the couprIhis invention relates to door-hangers, and ling member detached. lfig. 5 is an elevamore particularly to that class known as tion showing a modiiied embodiinent of my sliding barn-door hangers77 in which the l invention. rig. 6 is an enlarged detail plan door is uniliclosed and preferably' free to view similar to Fig. 5, showing the modified sw ing around an axis extending horizontally' construction of one of the hangers with the in the direction of travel of the door. upper part of the hanger removed, the parts It is the object of my present invention to being shown in two diii'erent positions in full provide a construction whereby the door and dotted lines,respectively'; and Fig. 7 is may be readily adjusted both vertically and laterally', so as to not only adiust or regulate the height of the door relatively to the track on which it travels, but also the position of the door relatively to the building or structure to which it is applied, whereby the l lower edge of the door may be brought into proper relation to the iioor, sill, or other surface over which it travels, while the body of the door may be maintained at the proper distance from the building or structure which Supports it, and, further, to provide a doorhanger of such a construction that it will form a hinge connection on which the door may be swung outwardly.

lviore specically, my presentA invention has for its object the provision of a simple and e'l'licient mechanism for effecting both of these adjustments, a single part Serving by rotation around its axis to erfect the lateral adjustment and by vertical adiustment in the direction of its axis of rotation to effect l the vertical adjustment. The construction S Fig. 5.

In the said drawings, 1 indicates abuilding or other structure hay ing a doorway 2, and 3 indicates the door, above which there is arranged a track 4. The hanger is shown in its preferred form comprising an upper portion carrying a track-'wheel and a lower portion carrying the door, the two portions being connected by a pivot arranged parallel 'with the track, so that the door is free to swing laterally toward and from the building. In the particular construction shown the upper portion of the hanger comprises a wheelsupporting frame 5, preferably' formed at its upper end into a housing in which is mounted a grooved track-wheel 7, rotating on a journalepin 8. These parts may be of any approved construction. The 'wheel-supporting frame is provided with a hook-shaped guard or keeper 9, which extends under the track 4 and slightly above the lower edge of the same on opposite sides, as'clearly shown in Pig. 2, thus serving in connection with the grooved track-wheel to prevent derailment of the hanger. The wheel-supporting frame terminates at its lower end in pivot-lugs 10, apertured to receive the pivot-pin 11, by which the two portions of the hanger are connected, said pivot-pin lying below and in the vertical plane of the track and being removable, being held in place by any suitable means-as, for instance, by the split pins 12 shown.

The lower portion of the hanger comprises is moreover such that all quivering or hesitation of the door arising from lost motion between it and the trolley or wheel supporting frame when the door is pushed by hand is entirely donc away with, 'while the wheelsupporting frame is free to swivel around a vertical axis relatively to the lower portion of the hanger and the door, so as to permit the track-wheels to accommodate themselves to any lateral bends or deflections of the track.

To these ends my invention consists in i certain novel features which I will now proa plate 13, adapted to be secured to the outer ceed to describe and will then particularly face of the door b v means of bolts 14. This point out in the claims. l plate is provided with one or more bearing- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 an enlarged detail plan yiew of a portion of IOO lugs 15, two being shown in the present instance, and constituting a bearing for a rotatable member 16, which is mounted therein. This member 16 is threaded atits lower end, as indicated at 17, and said threaded portion receives a nut 1S, which bears against the lower end of the bearing of the rotatable member. In the present instance this is the lower or under surface of the lower lug 15. It will be seen that the contact of this nut with the lower end of the bearing limits the upward motion of the member 16, and since said member 16 is connected to the upper portion of the hanger in the manner hereinafter described rotation of the nut 18 will adjust the door vertically in an obvious manner. It is also obvious that the same vertical adjustment may ing the lower lug 15 to receive the threaded end 17 of the member 16.

The member 16 is provided at its upper end with a head 19, located eecentrically with reference thereto and having a bearing 20 therein to receive the coupling member 21. Said member comprises a disk-shaped head 22, iitting in the bearing 20, and upwardly-extending pivot-lugs 23 to receive the pivot-pin 11. form of a recess in the under side of the head 19, and said head is provided with an aperture 24, through which the pivot-lugs 23 extend. In the present instance I have shown two pivot-lugs 23, fitting, respectively,against the inner faces of the corresponding' lugs 1() of the wheel-support and having between them an open space, which receives the guard-hook 9.

It will be seen that by rotating the member 16 the head 19 thereof may be moved to different positions relatively to the central plane of the door, as indicated in full and dotted lines in Fig. 8. Since the coupling member 21 always maintains the same position relatively to the wheel-supporting frame 5 and track 4, it follows that the door may be adjusted laterally toward and from the building by this rotation of the member 16. The said member may be secured in position after adjustment, so as to prevent further rotation thereof, by any suitable means, and for this purpose l have shown a set-screw 25, threaded through the bearing-l ug and impinging upon the member 16 therein. In the present instance the set-screw is shown as mounted in the upper lug 15.

It will be seen that I have provided a simple and efficient means for adjusting the door both laterally and vertically by the rotatory and vertical adjustment of a single part or member. It will also be seen that the construction is such that the upper part of the hanger, which is the trolley or wheel supporting frame and track-wheel, must move inunison with the door when this latter is pushed be obtained by thread- I rIhe bearing 2O is in the one way or the other, there beinor no quivering or hesitation of the structure at tne beginning cf its movement, such as is apt to occur where the lateral adjustment of the door is el'l'ected by means of parts rotating around a horizontal axis transverse to the line of travel of the door, as in my prior al plication, filed July 1, 1905, berial No. 267,904, unless special provision is made to prevent rocking cf the door and trolley upon the transverse airis thus provided. 1t will also be seen that the wheel-support or trolley is free to adjust itself to any portions of the track which may be deflected from a straight line, said wheel-support being` free to turn around the vertical axis of rotation of the disk 22, so as to assume dilerent angular positions relatively to the central vertical plane of the door. In this way the wheels niayfollow the sinuosities of the track without binding thereon. It will be understood, of course, that two or more of the hangers are used for each door, preferably one near each end of the door, as shown in I* ig. 5

It is obvious that various modifications in the details of construction may be made without departing Afrom the principle of my invention. For instance, it is immaterial how the pivot-lugs are disposed in so far as the number on each of the two portions of the hanger is concerned, and any suitable form of hinged connection between the coupling member 21 and the upper portion of the .hanger may be employed. In fact, in the broadest form of my invei Lion this pivotal connection may be dispensed with. ther modifications will readily suggest themselves, and I therefore do not wish to be understood as limiting myself strictly to the precise details of construction hereinbefcre described, and shown in the acccmp nying drawings. I do not, however, broadl y claim in the present application the feature which relates to the lateral adjustment of the door by means of a member rotatable around a vertical aXis in connection with an eccentric member carried thereby, as the saine is claimed by me in another applicationiiled of even date herewith.

In Figs. 5, 6, and 7 I have shown a modified embodiment of my invention, in which the means for laterally adjusting the door is adapted for ready and positive hand manipulation by means of a lever or the like, the rotatable members of the two hangers being connected to move in unison, so that the operator may readily shift the door bodily away from the building when it is desired to move the same along the track and as readily move the door bodily toward the building after it is in position in front of the doorway, so as to bring the door up against the building, and thus tightly close the doorwaj. 'I his is of material advantage in cold weather or in ease IIO it is desired for any reason to tightly close j the adjacent edge of the other portion, said the opening protected by the door. In this j member serving to adjust the door laterally construction one of the rotatable members by its rotation and vertically by its longitu- (indicated by the reference-numeral 26) is dinal adjustment, substantially as described. provided with a hand-lever, arm, or similar 2. The combination, with a track and a device 27, secured thereon, by means or' door, of a hanger comprising an upper porwhich said member may be readily rotated. tion, a track-wheel mounted therein, a lower The other rotatable member is indicated by j portion secured to the door, an intermediate the reference-numeral 2S, and each of said l member rotatable around and adjustable members is provided with a projecting arm along a vertical axis in one of said portions 29, said arms being connected by a link or j and means for pivotally connecting` the same connecting-rod 30, pivoted at its ends to the j to the other portion on an aXis parallel to arms 29, so that the rotatable members 26 said track, said member serving to adjust the and 2S will move in unison when the handdoor laterally by its rotation and vertically lever 27 is operated. Preferably the mem- I by its longitudinal adjustment, substantially ber 26, which carries the operating-arm, is j as described.

extended downward, as shown, so as to bring 3. rlhe combination, with a track and a the operating-lever into convenient reach or l door, of a hanger comprising a wheel-supthe operator, and in this case an additional I porting frame, a track-wheel mounted therebearing 31 is provided on the door for the l in, a plate secured to the door and provided lower end of the member 26, the nut which with a vertical bearing, and an intermediate etliects the vertical adjustment being located member rotatable and vertically adjustable below said bearing and being indicated by in said bearing and means for connecting the the reference-numeral 32. I have shown the same to the lower edge of the wheel-supportoperating-lever as secured to the member 26 i ing frame, said member serving to adjust the by means of a set-screw 33; but any suitable door laterally by its rotation and vertically means may be employed for this purpose. lt j by its vertical adjustment in said bearing,

is also desirable to provide means for holding substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a track and a the lever 27 and member 26 in adjusted posidoor, of a hanger comprising a wheel-suption, and l have shown for this purpose a spring-detent 34, secured to the lever 27 and j porting frame, a track-wheel mounted therethe door, a vertical adapted to engage with suitable lockingin, a plate secured to notches 35 in the bearing 3l. It will be seen j bearing carried thereby, an intermediate that when the lever 27 is moved to the posimember movable and vertically adjustable tion shown in lull lines of Fig. 6 the door 3J in said bearing, and means for pivotally constands clear of the building l, so that the necting the same to the wheel-supporting door may slide freely along the track, and frame on an axis parallel to said track, said when said lever is moved into the position member serving to adjust the door laterally shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6 the door is by its rotation and vertically by itsvertical moved up against the building, as also indiadjustment, substantially as described. cated in dotted lines in said figure, and may 5. rlhe combination, with a track and a be thus caused to tightly close the doorway. I door, of a hanger comprising an upper por- Thus it will be seen that in either or the detion, a track-wheel mounted therein, a lower vices shown l have provided a hanger comportion secured to the door, and an intermebining the vertical and lateral adjustments diate member movable around and adjustand the horizontal swinging movement of the able along a vertical aXis in .one of said pordoor, thereby allowing the door to be adjust- I tions, a part carried by said intermediate ed to regulate the position of thesame relamember and arranged eccentrically thereto, tively to the track on which it travels and forming the connection between said movalso to regulate its position relatively to the able member and the other portion of the building on which it is mounted, both of hanger, with which other portion of the these adjustments being accomplished withhanger it maintains xed relations with reout interfering with the outwardly-swinging spect to their distance from the vertical movement of the door. l plane of the track, substantially as described. Having thus fully described my invention, 6. rllhe combination, with a track and a what l claim as new, and desire to secure by door, of a hanger comprising an upper por- Letters Patent, is I tion, a track-wheel mounted therein, a lower l. The combination, with a track and al portion secured to the door, and an intermedoor, of a hanger comprising an upper pordiate member rotatable around and adjusttion, a track-wheel mounted therein, a lower able along a vertical axis in one of said porportion secured to the door, and an intermetions, a part carried by said intermediate diate member rotatable around and adjustmember and arranged eccentrically thereto able along a vertical axis in one of said por- Jforming the connection between said rotatations and means for connecting the same to l ble member and the other portion of the IIO hanger, and means for pivotally connecting the same to the other portion on an axis parallel with the track, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with a track and a door, of a hanger comprising an upper portion, a track-wheel mounted therein, a lower portion secured to the door, an intermediate member rotatable around a vertical axis in one of said portions, an eccentrically-disposed member carried by said intermediate member and having a bearing therein, a coupling member pivotally mounted in said bearing, the pivotal axis being vertical, and means for connecting the same to the other portion of the hanger, substantially as described.

8. The combination, with a track and a door, of a hanger comprising an upper por.- tion, a track-wheel mounted therein, a lower portion secured to the door, an intermediate member rotatable around a vertical axis in one of said portions, a head located eccentrically thereto and having a bearing therein, a coupling member rotatably mounted in said bearing, the axis being vertical, and means for pivotally connecting the same to the other portion of the hanger around an axis parallel to the track, substantially as described.

9. The combination, with a track and a door, of a hanger comprising a wheel-supporting frame, a track-wheel mounted therein, a plate secured to the door, a vertical bearing on the same, a member rotatably mounted in said bearing, an eccentrically-disposed head carried thereby and having a bearing located therein and eccentric to the tiret-mentioned bearing, a coupling member mounted in said last-mentioned bearing, and means for connecting the same with the wheel-supporting frame, substantially as described.

l0. The combination, with a track and a door, of a hanger comprising a wheel-supporting frame, a track-wheel mounted therein, a plate secured to the door, a vertical bearing carried by said plate, a member rotatably mounted in said bearing, a head located eccentrically thereto and having a second bearing located therein and eccentric to the 'first-mentioned bearing, a coupling member mounted in said last-mentioned bearing, and means for pivotally connecting said coupling member to the wheel-supporting frame around an axis parallel with the track, substantially as described.

11. The combination, with ,av track and a door, of a hanger comprising a track-wheel, a plate secured to the door, a vertical bearing carried by said plate, a member rotatably mounted in said bearing, and a head located eccentrically thereto, a coupling member pivotally mounted in said head, the pivotal axis being vertical, inter'itting bearing-lugs formed on said coupling member and wheelframe, and a removable pivot-pin passing through said bearing-lugs parallel With the track, substantially as described.

12. The combination, with a track and a door, of a hanger comprising a wheel-supporting frame, parallel pivot-lugs and an intermediate guard-hook, a track-wheel mounted therein, a plate secured to the door, a vertical bearing carried by said late, a member rotatably mounted in said bearing, a head located eccentrically thereto, a coupling member pivoted in said head, the pivotal axis being vertical, pivot-lugs on said cou ling member adapted to bear against t ie pivot-lugs ofthe wheel-supporting trame and separated to receive the guard-hook between them, and a removable pivot-pin passing through said pivot-lugs parallel with the track, substantially as described.

13. The combination, with a track and a door, of a hanger comprising a wheel-supporting frame, a track-wheel, a plate secured to the door, a vertical bearing carried by said plate, a member rotatably mounted in said bearing, a head located eccentrically thereto and having a bearing-recess in the under side of said head, and an aperture of less diameter above the same, a coupling member comprising a disk fitting in the bearing-recess of the head, and having a part extending through the aperturey of said head, and means for connecting the said coupling member to the wheelsupporting frame, substantially as described.

14. The combination, with a track and a door, of a hanger comprising a wheel-supporting frame, a track-wheel, a plate secured to the door, a vertical bearing carried by said plate, an intermediate member mounted in said bearing, a threaded portion on said member extending below said bearing, a nut mounted on said threaded portion, a setscrew mounted in the bearing to lock the intermediate member against rotation, a head located eccentrically to said intermediate member and having a bearing therein, a coupling member mounted 1n the last-mentioned bearing, and means for connecting said coupling member to the wheel-supporting frame, substantially as described.

l5. The combination, with a track and a door, of a hanger comprising a wheel-supporting frame, a track-wheel, a plate secured to the door, a vertical bearing carried by said plate, an intermediate member mounted in said bearing, a threaded portion on said member extending below said bearing, a nut mounted on said threaded portion, a setscrew mounted in the bearing to lock the intermediate member against rotation, a head located eccentrically to said intermediate portion and having a bearing therein, a coupling member mounted in the eccentric-head bearing, and means for separably connecting said coupling member to said Wheel-support- IOC ing frame around apivotal axis parallel with the track, substantially as described.

16. The combination, with a track and a door, oi a hanger comprising a wheel-supporting frame, a track-wheel, a plate secured to the dooi, a vertical bearing carried by said plate, an intermediate member mounted in said bearing, a threaded portion on said member extending below said bearing, a nut mounted on said threaded portion to adjust said intermediate member vertically, means for locking said intermediate member against rotation, a head carried by said intermediate member and located eccentrically thereto and having a bearing therein, a coupling member mounted in the eccentric-head bearing, and means ioi connecting the same to the wheel-supporting frame, substantially as described.

17 The combination, with a track and a door, of hangers for said door, each comprising an upper portion and a track-wheel mounted therein, a lower portion secured to the door, an intermediate member rotatable around a vertical axis in the lower portion, a head carried by said intermediate member and located eccentrically thereto and having a bearing therein, a coupling member mounted in said bearing, the axis being vertical, and means for connecting the same to the upper portion of the hanger, means toi so connecting said intermediate members as to cause the same t-o rotate in unison, and handopcrated means for rotating one oi said intermediate members, substantially as described.

18. The combination, with a track and a door, of hangers for said door, each comprising an upper portion and a track wheel mounted therein, a lower portion secured to the door, an intermediate member rotatable around the vertical axis of the lower portion, a head carried thereby and located eccentrically thereto and having a bearing therein, and a coupling member rotatably mounted in said bearing, the axis being vertical, means for connecting the same to the upper l portion oi the hanger, means for so connecting said intermediate members as to cause the same to rotate in unison, liand-operated means for rotating one of said intermediate members, and means Jorvholding the same in adjusted position, substantially as described.

19. A door-hanger of the class described comprising a plate for attachment to a door, a hanger member connected to said plate for vertical andL axial adjustment, means coacting with said plate and member to adjust the latter and a wheel-housing eccentrically and pivotally connected to said adjustable member on a horizontal axis.

20. A door-hanger compri ing a sheavesupporting hanger-frame and a door-supporting strap and means connecting said frame and strap, said means adapted to turn on vertical and horizontal axes.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses,

PHILIP A. MYERS.

Witnesses:

HARRY S. SMITH, PERcY McDowELL. 

